Americas

The 33 men sent up a 45-minute video with messages and a tour of their shelter.

Laboratory tests confirm that a replica World Cup trophy found by police at a Colombian airport is made out of cocaine.

The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona.

Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas is in danger of dying after refusing food since February, a doctor says.

The billionaire investor Warren Buffett donates shares worth $1.93bn to five charitable foundations.

Suspected Russian spies being held by the US are denied bail by a Virginia court as new light is shed on their true identity.

Former Argentine military ruler Jorge Videla goes on trial for the murder of more than 30 political prisoners in 1976.

Fans look to 2014 for payback after team exits Cup

US scientists aim present a prototype car for blind drivers in 2011, using sensors to indicate turns in the road via vibrating gloves.

Two more of the suspected spy ring in the US have confirmed they are Russian citizens, prosecutors say.